Cant fit my strut brace

[Tall-Paul]

Got a ss strut brace this mornin n ried to fit it today but its slightly twisted n the holes are about 10mm out of line. so ive ordered another but not confident that this 1 will be any better, has any1 else had trouble with theirs? cheers

 

[Rosco906]

the way i did it was line the holes up. get a bolt and start on a few threads only. until all four are in then your good to go

 

[rashcupra]

they are made like this so there is tension in the bar get the back one in first the you should be able to bend the platform so the front one fitts make sure the bolts arent cross threading before you go made with the ratchet!

 

[simon34]

Think mine was a little twisted had to put all bolts in loose then tighten the whole thing down

 

[muddyboots]

Just a thought (never tried it) but, does it make a difference if you jack the car up, to take the weight off of the inner wings ? Maybe they'll flex a bit in the right direction.

 

[rashcupra]

no because the bolt hole cutouts on the strut brace are puposely spaced too far apart so when bent to get bolts in tention is in the brace it doesnt take alot to bend into position

 

[Triple D]

Is it a seat sport one? or forge one? or another one that you have sourced? as both the forge one and seat one fitted fine on mine

 

[Triple D]

oops sorry, just realised it meant seat sport not stainless steel

 

[Guinness]

yep they are meant to be bent, so there is tension in the bar.

 

[Tall-Paul]

It was definately too far out to fit, i cudnt even get one bolt on each side in loose and it took two of us to force just one in which mean the others were out of the question. hopefully the new 1 will be much easier to fit. ill let u know on thurs

 

[Guinness]

if not get the big pliers out lol.

 

[rashcupra]

maybe you got a leon 1 sent to you on the box it should say "2002- ibiza"

 

[mrcoyote]

maybe you got a leon 1 sent to you on the box it should say "2002- ibiza"

There isn't a Seat strut brace for the Leon. And the Seat one fitted fine on my Ibiza with no problems.

 

[Rosco906]

Rash is right with the box thing. looked at mines there the now and says ibiza 02

 

[rashcupra]

There isn't a Seat strut brace for the Leon. And the Seat one fitted fine on my Ibiza with no problems.

i was guessing

should say ibiza 02 on the box tho mate check!

 

[Guinness]

could be a defect like as the man says, wait and see when he gets another